1. |
I Need a River
04:03
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It’s not the fear of leaving you that I’m afraid of
But that I would have to finally face myself
And all the while here the walls they’re closing in
While the feelings of regret are finally felt
I fear that I will never find where I am going
I’ve got a compass that is stuck on pointing south
and when all these dreams I wish that I could remember
Are all erased when I awake and forgot about
(Chorus)
I need a river
I need a river
I need a river
where I can finally,
I can finally
let go
I can finally let go
I can finally let go
I can finally, I can finally let go
everything I said I meant when I was younger
i went along with what you told me was the truth
But I can never come to terms with how I got here
and how I hid it deep inside and away from you
(Chorus)
I need a river
I need a river
I need a river
where I can finally,
I can finally
let go
I can finally let go
I can finally let go
I can finally, I can finally let go
(ending)
You said you'd never leave
You said you'd never leave
You said you'd never leave
but now I let go
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2. |
Burning Up
03:57
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Hazy days in love
Leaving in the morning on the road
Now I'm outside of Houston
Headed on the highway
cuz I’ll never let you go
Lazy morning sun
Laying on a hill side, city view
gonna take it nice and slow
with nowhere else to go
Honey, I'll spend it here with you
(Chorus)
I put my heart up on the line
she got me stuck in a daze
now I feel like I’m on fire
got a match lit ablaze
and I'm burning
spent up all my money
gotta fix this tail light and get a loan
with this beat up Buick blue
I gonna make my way to you
whether I walk or ride
tell me one more time
that you love me before I go
I wouldn’t leave here on my own
so honey I gotta know
will you always be mine?
(Chorus)
I put my heart up on the line
she got me stuck in a daze
now I feel like I’m on fire
got a match lit ablaze
and I'm burning
when I drive away
"you got a fast car" let it play
I'm gonna wear out this old tape
flying on the insterstate
about a hundred miles too far
I gotta new song I wrote for you
I want to call it "my angel" just a little tune
I want buy you a diamond ring
and tell you in the pouring rain
please say, "I do"
(Chorus)
I put my heart up on the line
she got me stuck in a daze
now I feel like I’m on fire
got a match lit ablaze
and I'm burning
(Ending)
I'm burning, burning up
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3. |
My Enemy
03:35
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facing the window
in autum november
the skylight fading
into winter
I look out and
see how the colors change
I’m fading like
I’m fading like autumn leaves
I’m facing my
I’m facing my enemy
patience, virtue
i see you, through you
and all you can tell me
is wait here and look out
and see how the colors change
I’m fading like
I’m fading like autum leaves
I’m facing my
I’m facing my enemy
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4. |
Never Claimed to Be
03:55
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i was ten when they pulled me in
and put me under the water
baptized, a new life
they called us sons and daughters
He was dead is what they said
I never knew my own father
ten lies, no surprise
I didn’t think he would bother
fake it to look honest
you gotta fake it and
never break your promise
(Chorus)
I never claimed to be a prophet, priest or king
I never claimed to be a prophet, priest or king
I came along and sang your songs and then I kindly had to leave
Cause I never wanted to be your prophet, priest or king
I was 38 when I woke up late
and came up out of the water
Backslide and cut ties
i put it all on the alter
a new leaf from an old tree
I had a vision of heaven
by sundown I left this town
so I could make my confession
fake it to look honest
you gotta fake it and
never break your promise
(Chorus)
I never claimed to be a prophet, priest or king
I never claimed to be a prophet, priest or king
I came along and sang your songs and then I kindly had to leave
Cause I never wanted to be your prophet, priest or king
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5. |
My Mind Drifts
03:57
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You say head and I say tree
she’s dancing in a red dress
and looking at me
outside the window
I can’t believe all the blues and greens I see
You say speak I say slow
you say pity and I feel my sorrow go
out by the ocean waves I see
there my mind there mind drifts
(Chorus)
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
stack of books I’ll never read
over the fence line where the grass is always green
I walked an icy river and there I see
(Chorus)
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
you say give and I say take
i dropped a glass and then I watched it break
i pleased to know the weather is nice today
as I watch the wind blow
(Chorus)
as My mind drifts
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
My mind drifts
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6. |
A Garden We Create
03:27
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there is a garden where I’d rather be with you now
in my mind we go
roses and alliums all of the reasons I come again
I see your beauty there and stay
(Chorus)
Let's have
A garden we create
Let's have
A garden we create
Let's have
A garden we create
Out of the desert and deep in the ground we take root
our daisies blooming
Lavender filling the air from the wind that is blowing through
we make our escape there and stay
(Chorus)
Let's have
A garden we create
Let's have
A garden we create
Let's have
A garden we create
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7. |
What I See
04:17
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Michael in the green truck
sits alone in the parking lot
I see him through the windshield
taking up a vacant spot
I hide my emotions
and try to find to the nearest door
I look for the bathroom
While keeping my eyes on the floor
(Chorus)
and I walk and wonder
and I walk and think
I walk and try hard to forget
what I see
what I see
what I see
I see Blake in my dreams
and I remember when we fought
later hearing he passed
left us all in utter shock
make it to the viewing
and stand in line to see my friend
bloated by the car-crash
I can’t believe this is the end
(Chorus)
and I walk and wonder
and I walk and think
I walk and try hard to forget
what I see
what I see
what I see
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8. |
Shunned
02:47
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I think I got a headline
right close top of the gridline
keep up walking a thin-line
I’m in the forefront of your mind
I’ll be waiting in the shadows
making every effort see me by the gallows
I’ll be in hanging in the window
so you think
I gotta piece of the rubble
Another piece for the puzzle
his record for causing you trouble
My luck just tripled or doubled
I making up alright
place another bet when the timing’s right
he said, "I’m taking everything in sight
watch me win again I’ll be here all night"
you are right and I am wrong
i am weak and you are strong
we all know that I don't belong
I don't belong, but
Have you considered all I've done
who I am and what I’ve become
everything is bitter and it feels like sand
no one in the room ever understands
I feel like forever is dead and gone
locked in a cage and made your pawn
kept it to myself since I was shunned
ever since i was shunned
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9. |
Ribbons I Don't Tie
03:46
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Don’t Lie
don’t tell me I’m crazy
When I'm doing fine
just a little lazy
I want to see past the fodder
and the ribbons that you tie
cause I blame the potter
for the state of my mind
I say God don’t leave me
when I don’t believe It
I say God don’t leave me
for the ribbons I don’t tie
I say God don’t leave me
when I don’t believe It
God don’t leave me
when I leave this behind
cause I'm sailing on
(Chorus)
I'm sailing on
I'm sailing on I’m Sailing on
from the dock I let go of the reigns
and I sail away
Delilah you want blame her
Coming through the back door
You want shame her
When she took out a blade
And then cut your hair
I don’t mean to be a bother but why should I care
I said God don’t leave me
when I don’t believe It
I said God don’t leave me
for the ribbons I don’t tie
I said God don’t leave me
when I don’t believe It
God don’t leave me
when I leave this behind
cause I'm sailing on
(Chorus)
I'm sailing on
I'm sailing on I’m Sailing on
from the dock I let go of the reigns
and I sail away
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10. |
Wayward Heart
05:01
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Love is not cautious
Love is blind
Love never leaves you
When you’re falling behind
Love is not hell
Love is not the bible
Love is not heaven
Or your sacred revivals
(Chorus)
Love is a fool
Love is like art
Love is the careful hand
Holding my way
wayward heart
My wayward heart
Love is not jealous
Love will not judge
Love is not withholding
But it gives away so much
true Love will heal
The deepest of wounds
Cause Love is the one hand
That I’m holding onto
(Chorus)
Love is a fool
Love is like art
Love is the careful hand
Holding my way
wayward heart
My wayward heart
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11. |
Sky, Come Alive
03:45
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Waiting for the sun
to come, to come up
I've been waiting, waiting for the sun
the sun to rise
All I ask is
for the sky to...
(Chorus)
Come alive, come alive
bring the light of day
let it take my pain
come arise, come arise
bring the sunlight here
let it take my fear away
There is no answer sometimes
sometimes, it is silent here in darkness
waiting for sun
So all I ask is for the sky to...
(Chorus)
Come alive, come alive
bring the light of day
let it take my pain
come arise, come arise
bring the sunlight here
let it take my fear away
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12. |
Hill Country Night
03:56
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Way past my prime
Hanging on a vine down in these strawberry fields
Swinging in the wind like a willow
As loud as a white bellbird
You can hear it in Tobago
Here I’m Wasting time
Spend another dollar and save a dime
And when it goes,
Just take another rhyme or a riddle
And turn into another love song with a fiddle
(Chorus)
Play me a day in the life
Cause Old times were good times
From lookout Joe
You know It makes me think of the Frio
Spending our summers down on a black tube
and with the sun burning bright on our pale skin
Now I’m 4 beers in, just right
And there goes the sun down for a hill country night
I see my life as a river
Making its way around this hillside
With all these twist and turns you’d think I’d ever learn
What it feels like to be running wild
When the night time breeze chills the water
It’s cold enough that you can’t breathe
And this rope swing I’m hanging on
tell me I'm fine if i let it go
cause it’s plenty deep
(Chorus)
Play me a day in the life
Cause Old times were good times
From lookout Joe
You know It makes me think of the Frio
Spending our summers down on a black tube
and with the sun burning bright on our pale skin
Now I’m 4 beers in, just right
And there goes the sun down for a hill country night
And there goes the sun down for a hill country night
And there goes the sun down for a hill country night
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13. |
Keith M
03:45
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I’ve come here to honor and pay my respects to a friend
As I walk with my daughter down the sandy coast of Galveston
It was raining in December as I held a bit of your ashes in my hand
I thought I’d like to see you go out on the water and the sand
(Chorus)
He was a good man he was a good soul
Kind to every man, woman, child he had known
He was a good friend, my friend Kieth Moleman
Camp fire jokes and a couple beers out on Mulkiteo beach
Another trip to downtown over the bridge to UWMC
I’d thought that you’d get better
but the news from the doctor was never good
always looking at the bright side of life
of which I’ve never understood
(Chorus)
He was a good man he was a good soul
Kind to every man, woman, child he had known
He was a good friend, my friend Kieth Moleman
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Matt Tipton Houston, Texas
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